Tradition broken as talent show a no-go this year

by Shelby Strang and Brooke Maxson

Well, folks, guess what? Despite the last 12 years of fun-filled talent shows right before Christmas break, this year is different. It turns out there won’t be a talent show this year due to a lack of people willing to participate. According to Mr. Spitler, only eight of the people that signed up were eligible. He also said usually at least two people drop out at the last minute. Like last year, they were planning on having the junior high participate in the talent show. This didn’t work out because there was a lack of kids who were willing to show their hidden talent. There also wasn’t much of a variety to go on, either. “There’s not very much variety. Both Mr. Curtis and I would like more variety. People tend to look at it like American Idol, just a bunch of singers; that’s not what we originally intended,” explained Mr. Spitler.

When talking to the students, we found that they weren’t too happy about there not being a talent show this year. “Well, that (stinks)! Because I love watching the show!” replied sophomore Brandy Boies. On the other hand, some other students really don’t mind the change or just don’t care. “I think that they should just give us the day off instead,” said senior Logan Cross. Some students like it simply because its tradition. “I think it’s kind of sad, because we have one every year,” said disappointed senior Lynsey Klatt. But some students like to watch the talent show simply for sheer pleasure of entertainment for the day. “Well, I guess that day is going to be EXTRA boring,” commented senior Megan Penix.

Despite all this, PHS principal Mr. Cook has an alternative for the junior high and high school at the time that the talent show would have been. The junior high will be in the small gym watching “The Santa Clause.” It’s uncertain if Liz Cole and Cody Krasny’s band will be playing for the high school. But if the band decides not to play, Mr. Cook will have the high school watch “Santa Clause 2” in the big gym. The concession stands will be opened also.